WEEK 1
| Date | Time (ET) | Game/Commentators | Where to Watch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Sep 3 | 6 p.m. | Kentucky Christian at Morehead State | ESPN+ |
| 7 p.m. | Akron at Wake Forest Matt Schick, Forrest Conoly, Ashley Stroehlein | ACC Network | |
| 7 p.m. | Bethune-Cookman at UCF Eric Rothman, Doc Holliday | ESPN+ | |
| 7 p.m. | UAlbany at Buffalo Michael Reghi, Je’rod Cherry | ESPN+ | |
| 7 p.m. | Merrimack at Delaware | ESPN+ | |
| 7 p.m. | West Georgia at Kennesaw State | ESPN+ | |
| 7 p.m. | Southern Illinois at Samford | ESPN+ | |
| 8 p.m. | Colorado at Georgia Tech Matt Barrie, Chase Daniel, Paul Carcaterra | ESPN | |
| 8 p.m. | Arkansas-Pine Bluff at No. 25 Missouri Chuckie Kempf, Dustin Fox, Marilyn Payne | SEC Network | |
| 9 p.m. | Idaho at No. 21 Utah Peter Sousa, Leger Douzable | ESPNU | |
| Fri, Sep 4 | 6:30 p.m. | San Jose State at Eastern Michigan Evan Stockton, Marcus Ray | ESPN+ |
| 7 p.m. | North Carolina A&T at Georgia State | ESPN+ | |
| 7 p.m. | Franklin Pierce at Marist | ESPN+ | |
| 8 p.m. | Long Island University at Kansas Mark Neely, Jeff Woody | ESPNU | |
| 8 p.m. | UTEP at No. 10 Oklahoma Ted Emrich, Fozzy Whittaker, Maria Martin | SEC Network+ | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 7 Miami at Stanford Mike Monaco, Jordan Rodgers, Dana Boyle | ESPN/ACC Network | |
| Sat, Sep 5 | Noon | East Carolina at No. 13 Alabama Bob Wischusen, Louis Riddick, Stormy Buonantony | ABC |
| Noon | Oregon State at No. 23 Houston Anish Shroff, Andre Ware, Morgan Uber | ESPN/Disney+ | |
| Noon | Liberty at James Madison Cooper Boardman, Craig Haubert | ESPNU | |
| Noon | New Hampshire at Syracuse Roxy Bernstein, Dave Clawson, Madison Hock | ACC Network | |
| Noon | Tarleton State at Bowling Green Kelsie Kasper, Ryan Cavanaugh | ESPN+ | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lehigh at Georgetown | ESPN+ | |
| 12:45 p.m. | Kent State at South Carolina Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Michella Chester | SEC Network | |
| 1 p.m. | Southeast Missouri State at Iowa State Shawn Kenney, Todd Doxzon | ESPN+ | |
| 1 p.m. | Youngstown State at Kentucky Kevin Fitzgerald, Charlie Strong | SEC Network+ | |
| 1 p.m. | Holy Cross at Colgate | ESPN+ | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Gardner-Webb at Wofford | ESPN+ | |
| 2 p.m. | Rhode Island at Temple | ESPN+ | |
| 3 p.m. | Tennessee State at No. 3 Georgia Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman, Laura Stickells | SEC Network+ | |
| 3 p.m. | Drake at Montana | ESPN+ | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Aflac Kickoff Game: Baylor vs. Auburn Joe Tessitore, Jesse Palmer, Taylor McGregor | ABC/Disney+ | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Texas State at No. 5 Texas Roy Philpott, Brock Osweiler, Sherree Burruss | ESPN | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Tulane at Duke Jorge Sedano, Rodney McLeod, Ashley Stroehlein | ACC Network | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Furman at No. 20 Tennessee Richard Cross, Max Starks, Ashlyn Sullivan | SEC Network+ | |
| 3:30 p.m. | The Citadel at Charlotte | ESPN+ | |
| 3:30 p.m. | UT Rio Grande Valley at UTSA | ESPN+ | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Maine at App State | ESPN+ | |
| 3:45 p.m. | Oklahoma State at Tulsa Mike Corey, Barrett Brooks | ESPNU | |
| 4 p.m. | St. Thomas at North Dakota | ESPN+ | |
| 4:15 p.m. | North Alabama at Arkansas Dave Neal, Cole Cubelic, Tori Petry | SEC Network | |
| 5 p.m. | Alcorn State at Southern Miss | ESPN+ | |
| 5 p.m. | Tuskegee at Fort Valley State | ESPN+ | |
| 5:30 p.m. | Tusculum at East Tennessee State | ESPN+ | |
| 6 p.m. | Norfolk State at Old Dominion | ESPN+ | |
| 6 p.m. | West Virginia State at Robert Morris | ESPN+ | |
| 6 p.m. | Villanova at Bucknell | ESPN+ | |
| 6 p.m. | Delaware State at William & Mary | ESPN+ | |
| 6 p.m. | Elon at Davidson | ESPN+ | |
| 6 p.m. | Tennessee Tech at Chattanooga | ESPN+ | |
| 6 p.m. | Presbyterian at Mercer | ESPN+ | |
| 7 p.m. | Missouri State at No. 8 Texas A&M Lowell Galindo, Kirk Morrison, Dawn Davenport | ESPN | |
| 7 p.m. | Nicholls at Kansas State Mark Neely, Jeff Woody | ESPN+ | |
| 7 p.m. | Austin Peay at Vanderbilt Courtney Lyle, Rene Ingoglia | SEC Network+ | |
| 7 p.m. | Arkansas State at Memphis | ESPN+ | |
| 7 p.m. | Houston Christian at Rice | ESPN+ | |
| 7 p.m. | Florida International at South Florida | ESPN+ | |
| 7 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky at Jacksonville State | ESPN+ | |
| 7 p.m. | Murray State at Middle Tennessee | ESPN+ | |
| 7 p.m. | Sam Houston at Troy | ESPN+ | |
| 7 p.m. | Charleston Southern at Georgia Southern | ESPN+ | |
| 7 p.m. | SE Louisiana at South Alabama | ESPN+ | |
| 7 p.m. | Northern Iowa at Eastern Washington | ESPN+ | |
| 7 p.m. | Illinois State at Western Illinois | ESPN+ | |
| 7 p.m. | Chicago State at UT Martin | ESPN+ | |
| 7 p.m. | Texas Wesleyan at McNeese | ESPN+ | |
| 7 p.m. | West Florida at Central Arkansas | ESPN+ | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Clemson at No. 11 LSU TV: Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Holly Rowe, Laura Rutledge Radio: Marc Kestecher, Kelly Stouffer, Ian Fitzsimmons | ABC/ESPN Radio | |
| 7:30 p.m. | UL Monroe at Mississippi State Doug Sherman, Tom Luginbill, Lauren Sisler | ESPNU | |
| 7:30 p.m. | VMI at Virginia Tech Wes Durham, Max Browne, Madison Fitzpatrick | ACC Network | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Northwestern State at Louisiana Tech | ESPN+ | |
| 7:45 p.m. | Florida Atlantic at Florida Matt Schumacker, Aaron Murray, Taylor Davis | SEC Network | |
| 8 p.m. | Utah Tech at No. 14 BYU Peter Sousa, Leger Douzable, Austyn Iven | ESPN+ | |
| 8 p.m. | Lamar at Louisiana | ESPN+ | |
| 8 p.m. | South Dakota at Northern Colorado | ESPN+ | |
| 8 p.m. | East Texas A&M at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN+ | |
| 9 p.m. | Mercyhurst at New Mexico State | ESPN+ | |
| 9:30 p.m. | Northern Arizona at Arizona Chris Sylvester, Jordan Reid | ESPN+ | |
| 10 p.m. | Morgan State at Arizona State James Westling, Michael Bumpus | ESPN+ | |
| 10 p.m. | Mississippi Valley State at Sacramento State Will Iger, Mo Hasan | ESPN+ | |
| 10 p.m. | UC Davis at San Diego | ESPN+ | |
| 10:30 p.m. | UCLA at California Tom Hart, Roddy Jones, Quint Kessenich | ESPN | |
| Sun, Sep 6 | Noon | Labor Day Classic: Texas Southern vs. Prairie View A&M Jason Ross Jr, Tyoka Jackson | ESPN2 |
| 3 p.m. | Denny’s Orange Blossom Classic: South Carolina State vs. Florida A&M Tiffany Greene, Jay Walker, Cameron Wolfe | ESPN | |
| 4 p.m. | Black College Football Hall of Fame Classic (Canton, Ohio): Albany State vs. Johnson C. Smith Brian Custer, Isaiah Stanback, Steve Wyche | NFL Network | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Liberty Mutual Music City Kickoff (Nashville, Tenn.): No. 24 Louisville vs. No. 9 Ole Miss TV: Sean McDonough, Greg McElroy, Katie George Radio: Mike Couzens, Max Starks, Marilyn Payne | ABC/ESPN Radio | |
| Mon, Sep 7 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 19 SMU at Florida State Dave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek, Taylor McGregor | ESPN/ACC Network |
